H.R. No. 815
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Jourdanton Independent School District is
celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2011; and
WHEREAS, Located in Atascosa County south of San Antonio, the
town of Jourdanton was established in 1909 and experienced a
population boom over the next few years; a subscription school had
242 students by 1910, and the state legislature authorized the
creation of the Jourdanton Independent School District on March 23,
1911; and
WHEREAS, A three-story schoolhouse was built in the center of
the growing city, and a football field, a gymnasium, and a separate
annex for the high school were added on adjoining lots over the next
decades; eventually, smaller schools in outlying areas began
closing, and students from the communities of Amphion, Hilburn,
Lyon, Imogene, LaParita, and Christine were absorbed into
Jourdanton's enrollment; the downtown campus location became more
crowded with the growth of the student body, and construction on new
facilities at the school's current location were begun in 1953;
today, the campus encompasses three libraries, an administrative
building, two gymnasiums, athletic fields, and various other
facilities, including a high school science wing that was added in
2001; and
WHEREAS, Jourdanton ISD currently serves approximately 1,300
students from prekindergarten through high school, and it is one of
the few remaining districts in Texas to maintain a single-campus
model; ably led by superintendent Dr. Lana E. Collavo, the district
employs a faculty and staff of more than 150; its students have gone
on to excel in a variety of professions, and among the district's
alumni are NASA researchers, journalists, chefs, professional
athletes, lawyers, and novelists; the district has also produced
many teachers, some of whom have returned to Jourdanton schools to
educate the next generation; and
WHEREAS, Grounded in the values of the families who have
chosen to make the Jourdanton area their home, the Jourdanton
Independent School District has provided a century's worth of
students with a solid foundation on which they could build
rewarding and fulfilling lives; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
Jourdanton Independent School District and extend to all educators,
staff, and students sincere best wishes for continued success; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Aliseda
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 815 was adopted by the House on March
31, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House